hello, i'm rich preston, welcome to the daily global — where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start with some breaking news — that hamas has released a new video claiming that two israeli hostages held in gaza have died. the video features a woman hostage, speaking under duress, saying that the two men she had been held with, had been killed while in capitivity. the two male hostages have been identified as yossi sharabi and itay svirsky. in a statement accompanying the video, the armed wing of hamas said the hostages were killed by israel's air strikes. the israeli defence minister yoav gallant has accused hamas of using psychological abuse over the fate of the hostages. our middle east correspondent wyre davies told me more from eastjerusalem. this will be very distressing for

the families of the hostages — of course notjust those directly involved, but the families of the 130 or so hostages thought to still be held in captivity. hamas has done this thing before, trying to put pressure on the israeli government to call a cease—fire in order to release the hostages safely. but this episode has been particularly distressing and i think brutal. these videos were released in three trenches — the first videos show just the three hostages speaking, it wasn't clear when the images were taken. the second video which was released this morning showed the three people again, but suggested that their fate wasn't known — they might be alive, they might be dead — and people might know tonight. and tonight, a third video has been released showing two of the male hostages apparently killed. now the video says they were killed in an israeli air strike — it is

impossible to verify that claim, and these are very distressing. most of these are very distressing. most of these videos, when hostages speak, or filmed these videos, when hostages speak, orfilmed under duress, and it's really distressing for the families of those involved. it's been 100 days since the start of the war and 100 days for the families of those hostages, we saw them over the weekend in tel aviv, this remains the number one priority for the israeli public above the war aims of defeating hezbollah. the aim is to release these hostages safely, so i think this will cause a lot of anger but consternation for the israeli government. but consternation for the israeli government-— but consternation for the israeli covernment. �* , but consternation for the israeli covernment. , , government. and as you say, this is not the first — government. and as you say, this is not the first time _ government. and as you say, this is not the first time hamas _ government. and as you say, this is not the first time hamas has - not the first time hamas has released a video of this nature. this evening, it'sjust released a video of this nature. this evening, it's just gone 8pm where you are, what's been the reaction of israeli officials to this? , ,., reaction of israeli officials to this? , ., . ., , reaction of israeli officials to this? , ., . ., this? very little so far, clearly a lot of anger- — this? very little so far, clearly a lot of anger. we _ this? very little so far, clearly a lot of anger. we are _ this? very little so far, clearly a lot of anger. we are not - this? very little so far, clearly a l lot of anger. we are not releasing the names of those who are reported

to be in the video because many of theirfamily members might be unaware — they'll certainly be aware given what's happened over the last couple days that their loved ones had perhaps been forced or asked to appear in their video. but we know hamas has done this previously, it is psychologically very difficult. of course hamas would argue it's of course hamas would argue it's psychologically very difficult for those people in gaza, that the number of dead in gaza past the 24,000 number of dead in gaza past the 211,000 mark today and this is a brutal war that's going on for 100 daysin brutal war that's going on for 100 days in which people on both sides are clearly suffering, and those calls we've heard in the region for a cease—fire i think will grow even louder. a cease-fire i think will grow even louder. _, , ,., . a cease-fire i think will grow even louder. , . , , ., ~ louder. our correspondence speaking to me an hour _ louder. our correspondence speaking to me an hour ago. _ louder. our correspondence speaking to me an hour ago. we _ louder. our correspondence speaking to me an hour ago. we aren't - to me an hour ago. we aren't naming the two victims i have been killed. —— we are naming the two victims i have been killed.

yossi sharabi and itay svirsky. hamas has done this before, israel has accused hamas of using psychological warfare. it comes as israeli forces continue their attacks in gaza, more than 100 days after the start of the war. this was smoke billowing over khan younis earlier today, following israeli strikes. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 211,000 palestinians have now been killed since the october 7th. and this a queue for bread in rafah, in southern gaza, which is hosting hundreds of thousands of palestinians displaced from areas further north, and where the humanitarian crisis is deepening. the world food programme is warning that palestinians in the gaza strip are at real risk of famine, unless more aid is able to get in. so far, we've reached around 1.4 million people with food — but everyone in gaza is hungry. we are exploring all possible solutions, but none are sufficient

in the face of obstacles. there are people starving in areas and we are not able to give basic food for. the needs are rising faster than we are able to respond. we need to be able to bring in more supplies, and we need safe access to reach people everywhere in gaza — notjust those who are close to the borders, we need a long—lasting cease—fire to stop the suffering. live now to devi sridhar, professor of global public health at edinburgh medical school. professor, good to have you on the programme, thanks for being with us. we've heard from the world food programme about the humanitarian picture in gaza. you wrote a piece in the guardian titled notjust bullets and bombs talking about the global picture. give us a sense of what it's like on the ground in gaza and how that compares to what we've seenin and how that compares to what we've seen in other conflicts around the world. ~ . , , seen in other conflicts around the world. ~ , , world. was seen it complete breakdown _ world. was seen it complete

breakdown of _ world. was seen it complete breakdown of the _ world. was seen it complete breakdown of the public - world. was seen it complete i breakdown of the public health system, even things that keep people safe and healthy, protection, access to medical care are not being provided on the ground, and with 85% of the population displaced, it's very hard to deliver the kind of basic measures human needs that humans need to survive, especially in a population that has a large present of a children within it. we heard previously about the disruption and strikes on and around, and near hospitals, in particular — what infrastructure is still left standing in gaza that's usable? ., �* , , usable? right now it's very little, and we've seen _ usable? right now it's very little, and we've seen ambulances - usable? right now it's very little, - and we've seen ambulances targeted by msf at the borders, we've even seen the deadliest loss of life for you in staff, we've seen the deadliest conflict for children with roughly 160 children being killed —— un staff — that's much higher than syria, which was around three a

month, or ukraine which was less than one. right now we've seen one functioning hospital left in the area. gaza is around 2 million people, so the health crisis is acute. what we are seeing is the deliberate targeting of health care facilities, going against international conventions around the war, which is you do not target health care facilities, educational facilities, as well as un ngo staff. there is a sense of relief when aid border crossings reopened in the rafah crossing, but there was trouble getting that aid in — r 88 and she is able to get the supplies in that they need, how easy is it for them?— in that they need, how easy is it for them? . . ., . , for them? -- are aid agencies? they are sittin: for them? -- are aid agencies? they are sitting in — for them? -- are aid agencies? they are sitting in staff— for them? -- are aid agencies? they are sitting in staff members - for them? -- are aid agencies? they are sitting in staff members that - are sitting in staff members that will have a safe passage through, and we are seeing the killing of un staff members going up. it's hard for these aid agencies to get their staff in and convoys in because the

scale the problem is massive. and i think here, displacement is the real issue. when you have that many hundreds of thousands of people moving whilst under attack, you can try to move towards safe zones, but are they actually safe public health zones? that requires thinking about things like water, food, medical care, sanitation, clean water, infectious disease outbreaks — these are concerns that will take more lives than bullets and bombs. professor, thank you very much for being with us. and we should say that israel repeatedly claims it does not target civilians or aid workers, and they are unfortunate casualties around the world. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. two men have beenjailed for life for the murder of a 14—year—old girl in west dunbartonshire in 1996. robert o'brien and andrew kelly arranged to meet caroline glackun and then repeatedly punched, kicked, and threw bricks at her. a woman has also been found guilty of the murder,

but has yet to be sentenced. junior doctors in wales have begun three days of industrial action over their pay. thousands of appointments and operations have been cancelled. the welsh government says urgent care will continue but it has urged people to avoid going to hospital unless necessary. there are around 4,000 junior doctors in wales making up 40% of the medical workforce. -- 4096. reports of potholes are at a five—year high, according to new data from local councils and the motoring group, the aa. scientists warn climate change will worsen the problem, because there'll be more wet weather and extreme temperatures. the government says it's investing an extra £8 billion to resurface roads. you're live with bbc news. a cargo ship has been hit by a missile in the red sea. it comes days after air strikes launched by the us and the uk in an attempt to defend international shipping from attacks by iranian allied

houthi rebels in yemen. they began attacking vessels in the red sea in november, saying they were acting in solidarity with the palestinians. on friday, the us and the uk hit back — targeting military sites in inland yemen and on the red sea. today uk prime minister rishi sunak faced mps for the first time since air strikes launched on friday. here's our political editor chris mason. the red sea — a crucial artery of the world economy, but ships here are still being fired at. i call the prime minister! in the commons this afternoon, rishi sunak said the uk was acting in self—defence after commercial ships and the royal navy were attacked. i want to be clear that these were limited strikes. they were carefully targeted at launch sites for drones and ballistic missiles to degrade the houthis�* capacity to make further attacks on international shipping. i can tell the house today

that our initial assessment is that all 13 planned targets were destroyed. keir starmer said parliament should be consulted where possible when a military campaign is likely to be lengthy, but he supported the government's decision last week. labour backs this targeted action to reinforce maritime security in the red sea. we strongly condemn the houthi attacks targeting commercial ships of all nationalities, putting civilians and military personnel in serious danger, including british forces. thank you, mr speaker. scottish national party wanted to know how the uk will respond to today's attack. the liberal democrats are worried about the escalation of violence. thank you, mr speaker. while not having a vote in this house is regrettable, - liberal democrats support limitedl strikes against the houthis to open

international shipping lanes. but we cannot lose sight of the fact that this region is a tinderbox. - if, as has been suggested through their actions over the course of the last 12 hours or so, the message which we sought to send has not been received, then what do we intend to do? what is the plan? what is the prime minister's strategy? the prime minister said he wouldn't speculate on further uk action. did this look like support for israel, given the houthis say they back the palestinians? no, said rishi sunak, this is about shipping lanes. mps had plenty of questions and plenty of points of view. thank you, mr speaker. past mistakes in the middle east should have taught this house that military intervention starting out as limited can quickly escalate, risking a sequence of events far larger and more terrible and risk even dragging us into war. while it's important how. we spend defence money,

it is vital and without doubt that i defence needs a lot more money. can he explain to seafarers how dropping bombs will lead to a de—escalation of a situation which is already endangering their safety? prime minister. mr speaker, it is quite extraordinary. it is houthi rockets endangering the lives of seafarers in the region. the questions kept coming, and for the prime minister, the decisions will too. chris mason with that report. you heard a bit of the labour mp zarah sultana in the piece. mr sunak has been criticised for his response to her. have a listen. mr speaker, past mistakes in the middle east taught this house. —— should've taught this house.

that military intervention starting out as limited can quickly escalate, risking a sequence of events far larger and more terrible, and risk even dragging us into war. it is for this reason, according to reports in the times, that foreign office officials were, and i quote, "incredibly nervous about last week's military assault in yemen". driving the region's instability is israel's horrifying assault on gaza, which has now lasted more than 100 days. so, rather than giving israel the green light to continue its brutal bombardment of gaza and risking a wider conflict, will the prime minister seek to de—escalate the situation and call for an immediate ceasefire? prime minister. perhaps the honourable lady would do well to call on hamas and the houthis to de—escalate the situation. and here is labour mp for bradford west, naz shah, reacting to mr sunak�*s response to zarah sultana. i first thought to myself, with all the comments made

by the prime minister and the leader of the opposition in the commitment to root out anti—semitism, it is unacceptable for britishjews to be held responsible for the actions of israel as a government, and for the idea that britishjews can have any have any effect there with the israeli prime minister or with his cabinet. in the same vein, mr deputy speaker, it is also true with the rise of islamophobia, and it really has been a new low and a new painful blow today for the prime minister to say to a british muslim in this house, the memberfor coventry south, that she should tell hamas and houthis to stop doing what they're doing. that is an islamophobic trope. mr deputy speaker, maybe the prime minister will reflect, withdraw, and take the opportunity to show leadership and apologise. coming back to the question of mr deputy speaker, the government itself... ask the one question. i'm going to take it at that, please. now, i would say to the honourable lady, i have said to all members. | consistently not to conflate these| conflicts and when they are calling on the uk to de—escalate tensions, to recognise that the people -

who are causing these situations i in the first place is the hamas. terrorist organisation and the houthis. - and it's got nothing to do with anything else other. than to recognise the instigators of this violence and illegality - and make sure that that is uppermost in everybody's mind when we have . these conversations— about the best way to respond. for more on the consequences of this escalation on yemen, i spoke to aisha jumaan, founder and president of yemen relief and construction foundation. the picture in yemen has been deteriorating, and going from that to worse. the nrc director at some point in time in yemen said the famine in yemen is of biblical proportion. and if you look at the

wfp�*s statistics, there are at least 17 million people in yemen who are experiencing food insecurity — and thatis experiencing food insecurity — and that is stage 3—4, which means between about 15—30 people in yemen don't have any food to eat, and many of them, at stage four, you will have at least one person per day. so it is extremely dire, the economy has collapsed, yemen has added a blockade for nine years now and that doesn't help with the economy. the public servants have not been paid salaries since 2016 when they moved the bank from the capital of yemen. so this escalation will make it very difficult for millions of people in yemen. we already know at least 22 people in yemen today are in need of

some humanitarian assistance. the us and the uk say — some humanitarian assistance. the us and the uk say these _ some humanitarian assistance. the us and the uk say these strikes _ some humanitarian assistance. the us and the uk say these strikes of - and the uk say these strikes of theirs are targeting who the military infrastructure, and that these are self—defense, they are in response to strikes on international shipping. how much of an impact on civilians, ordinary people are these british and american strikes having? this is actually extremely disturbing, because when people say they are striking who these, in fact they are striking who these, in fact they are striking yemenis, and they are striking yemen. they are striking airports which belong to yemen, striking ports which also belong to yemen. so these air strikes have created stress for the last nine years, so this is extreme and not helpful, especially because both the us and uk know that these air strikes are, even from the sea,

will not deter the coup thieves. so these are just making things worse for the population of yemen, and for the shipping industry as well, because you just said in the reporting that an american ship was hit, and that must be retaliation for the us targeting and attacking yemen. , , , ., ., ~ yemen. very briefly, we often talk about the houthis _ yemen. very briefly, we often talk about the houthis being _ yemen. very briefly, we often talk about the houthis being backed i yemen. very briefly, we often talk about the houthis being backed byj about the houthis being backed by iran but as i mentioned earlier, the government is backed by saudi arabia, hardly a poor country. what is there on the ground in terms of infrastructure for civilians? the infrastructure _ infrastructure for civilians? the infrastructure in _ infrastructure for civilians? tie: infrastructure in both parts infrastructure for civilians? ti2 infrastructure in both parts of yemen, the south and the north, has been destroyed. if you look at the health system, because that's where i work most of my time, 50% of the yemeni health system had been destroyed by the war and the air strikes. so we have a population again that is under extreme stress.

if yemen is pushed into famine, we will have at least 20% of the population die, and it will be irreversible. especially now with the world food programme having cut aid to yemen to 9.5 million people. so the situation, in terms of all the infrastructure, has already been damaged. here in the uk, a review has found that vulnerable young girls were "left at the mercy" of grooming gangs in greater manchester for years because police and council officials ignored the warnings. the report — which covers almost a decade from 2004 — sets out a series of botched investigations by greater manchester police. it also hightlights an apparent indifference to the plight of hundreds of mainly white girls from poor backgrounds identified as potential victims of abuse in rochdale by asian men. the police and council officials have apologised. danny savage reports.

rochdale — a town with the wrong sort of reputation. hurry up, zoe. tv dramas were made about the sexual exploitation of children here, by men police were told were of pakistani and afghan heritage. who's that? tarik — amber's boyfriend. then, a 2017 bbc documentary triggered today's report. there was absolutely no getting away from the facts that the victims were young white children, and that the offenders were older pakistani men. and this was today's conclusion. we have found compelling evidence there was widespread organised sexual exploitation of children, within rochdale, from at least 2004 onwards. very little disruptive or investigative action was taken to tackle these very dangerous individuals, and children

were left to be abused by them, and subsequently by their associated. andrea — not her real name — was exploited in the area from the age of 11. she was in care at the time. nobody had ever been prosecuted for the abuse she suffered. i want to know who's accountable for the neglect and the abuse that i suffered. i was a looked—after child. parental rights were taken away from my mum and dad, so somebody has parental rights for me. somebody must be held accountable for what happened to me as a child. victims are being failed. the police complaints system is unfit for purpose. maggie 0liver raised the alarm in rochdale more than a decade ago. she quit as a police officer to publicly reveal the extent of police failings — failings, she says, continue today. the system doesn't want to hear the message that things are no better. and i want police forces around the country to shout

that from the rooftops. we need more resources, we need better training, we need people who want to engage with these children. and that is the sobering thought of other people we have also spoken to today. child sexual exploitation may now be more of a priority for the authorities, but it would be naive to think that it isn't happening any more. but police say such a failure on such a scale could never happen again here. i know in the past 18 months since i managed this team, that when we have had reports, of victims or potential victims of exploitation, we have moved rapidly to arrest perpetrators. a weary health worker who helped victims had this response. i can't applaud the fact that services are better now, because so they should be. many of those responsible for abuse in rochdale were never charged. police say that could change. there is still hurt and a huge feeling of injustice for too many

people in this pennine town. that report there from danny savage. bring you live pictures from iceland at the moment— this is a live volcano from outside the town of grand event, whichjust started erupting 24 hours ago, prompting another evacuation of the town of about 4000. no many people had already been evacuated from the town after a previous irruption in november, a few people had been around to dust allowed to return. the volcanic activity near the town is said to be easing somewhat. let's take a look at this, a rare white penguin filmed in antarctica earlier this month. she's a young female — like most penguins, she usually has black—and—white feathers, but scientists say this on has a genetic

mutation affecting her pigmentation, giving her a snowy complexion. absent the adorable. stay here on bbc news, don't go anywhere. —— absolutely adorable. hello there. over the last day or two, we have seen some problems due to snowfall across northern areas of scotland, but worse could be around the corner. and i think for tuesday, the threat of disruptive snow in scotland becomes much more widespread — more on that in a moment. 0vernight tonight, there will be plenty more of those snow showers packing in across northern scotland, with some further significant accumulations. it stays windy, so there'll be some further drifting of the snow and blizzard—like conditions at times. anotherfreezing cold night — —2 to —4 in the towns and cities, a lot colder than that, though, in the countryside. tomorrow, first of all, england and wales, for most areas, it's a dry day with plenty of sunshine. the sunshine won't do much for the temperatures — 3—4 celsius for many areas —

however, further north, that's where we're looking at the risk of some disruptive weather. an area of low pressure is set to move into this cold air with a spell of disruptive snow. now, the temperatures vary quite a bit across this weather system — for northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland, the air�*s a little bit milder, so there could be some rain mixed in with that, the snow will be heaviest over hills. whereas on the northern edge of this weather system, the air is cold enough to have the snow come right down to low elevations. and that means, through the central lowlands of scotland northwards, we're looking at some disruptive snow — 5—10cm, maybe even 20 in a few places, and, as well as those low—elevation snow totals, we are looking at similar amounts up over the southern uplands of scotland. and then, through tuesday evening, we'll see some snow arrive across the higher pennines, as well. so, there is the risk of some more widespread disruption, i think, through tuesday. central lowlands of scotland, northwards, and across the hills of the southern uplands — i think that's where we'll most

likely see the biggest chance of disruption. some cars might get stranded in the heaviest falls of snow. by wednesday, an area of low pressure comes in off the atlantic. now, there will be some snow on the northern edge, tickling southern england. the heaviest falls stay in europe 20—30cm over there — that means the most disruptive weather will be, again, across more northern portions of the uk. another five to as much as 20 centimetres of snow piling in across northern scotland, still with strong winds causing that snow to blow and drift around, as well. similar weather on the cards for thursday, but eventually, we do get out of the freezer. this weekend sees a return of wet and windy weather. stay with us here on bbc news.

this is bbc news. the headlines. hamas claims two israel hostages have been killed by israel air strikes. they have been identified. israel said they did not die in israeli fire. the starting gun is fired in the residential race. —— presidential race. and lava flows through multiple homes in southwest iceland after a volcano erupts. let's head now to the us midwestern state of iowa,

where voters are turning out for this year's republican caucuses. that's where they'll be picking who they want to be the republican party's candidate in this year's presidential election. leading in the polls is former president, donald trump. also contenders are nikki haley, who served as haley, who served as ambassador to the united nations under president trump, and ron de santis, the governor of florida. all three have had markedly different campaigns. but what's been dominating the conversation around the iowa caucus has been the weather. it's bitterly cold in iowa with temperatures around —25 celsius — that's about 13 fahrenheit. i spoke earlier to rina shah, republican strategist, commentator and former republican senior aide. —— anomia iqbal. we did leave the cold weather behind us at the coming doors. it was about -26 us at the coming doors. it was about —26 degrees this morning. it's gotten slightly warmer at —20 degrees, but it's the kind of

weather where the